Tag Season Of Mist
A lot of the bands I listen to (and thus review) revel in making music that is best described using formulae such as “Band A + Band B x Genre X = ???” because, well, I like my crossover shit…. Continue Reading →
Who doesn’t love a good surprise? I know I do. You, the debut album by new entity Johnny The Boy certainly provides one. Two central figures of Crippled Black Phoenix, Justin Greaves and Belinda Kordic, joined by Matthew Crawford on… Continue Reading →
Thy Catafalque, the project of Hungarian artist Tamás Kátai, first captured me with the 2011 album “Rengeteg”, since when each album has brought new delights and wonderments. Soaring blackened metal with folk, cosmic and jazz elements doesn’t cover adequately the… Continue Reading →
I only really know of Texans Necrofier because of the review of their debut album hereabouts and the fact a handful of people I know have name checked them relatively recently. So pretty much blind here, but eager. ‘The Fall… Continue Reading →
Like all metal genres, black metal has its share of sub-genres born from bands combining elements of other genres into their audible output. Ask anyone who listens to black metal what its most renowned sub-genres are and you will most… Continue Reading →
Meaning “Spirits” (among other interpretations) in native Finnish Henget may well be a new name but with them comes a wealth of experience. Primarily the project of Saturnian Mist vocalist King Aleijster de Satan ‘Beyond North Star’ is essentially a… Continue Reading →
If you’ve never given Japan’s Defiled a listen then you should, as it is unusual to get such a brutal outfit emerging from the east side of the Pacific Ocean so much so that I waxed lyrically about the bands… Continue Reading →
A bit more mainstream than some of the works reviewed on this site, Black Orchid Empire do pride themselves on a combination of heaviness, melody, emotion power and rhythmic complexity. If done well, this is a potent combination. The band… Continue Reading →
Work started on this album in March 2020, when the drum tracks were laid down by then drummer Dan Presland. This is the point where the world decided to implode and prevented the rest of the band from getting to… Continue Reading →
Ha, I actually have ‘Under Pressure’ the first album by Finns Rotten Sound on CD and just played it and ‘Apocalypse’ back to back. Seriously it sounds like it is about half the speed of the new one, a crusty,… Continue Reading →
Yes, it is actually a real word and Unfelled refers to trees that have not been cut down. Sticking with that subject this project was originally conceived by musician D of highly regarded Australian outfit Woods Of Desolation. Expanding the… Continue Reading →
Ukrainian stoner prog trio, Stoned Jesus know more than most about overcoming adversity. With the obvious terrible circumstances in their homeland, the band nonetheless have managed to craft their fifth long player since their birth in 2009. The band have… Continue Reading →